Table 2.

HRQoL Assessment with different questionnaires and their results.

Author	Year	Ref.	Tools	Results
Spechler et al.	2001	[6]	SF-36	No significant difference between medical and surgical group
Bammer et al.	2001	[2]	WBS	Improved significantly at more than 5 years of followup
Olberg et al.	2005	[23]	PGWBI	No significant difference between medical and surgical group
Contini and Scarpignato	2004	[22]	SF-36	Normal score 2 years after LARS
Ciovica et al.	2006	[27]	GIQLI + HRQL	QoL normalized after LARS and significantly higher than a medically treated group
Dallemagne et al.	2006	[25]	GIQLI	Significantly better than preoperatively at 10 years
Draaisma et al.	2006	[11]	VAS	30% improvement after surgery
Gee et al.	2008	[34]	GERD−HRQL	Near normal score at long-term followup
Fein et al.	2008	[33]	GIQLI	Significant improvement of the QoL after 10 years
Lundell et al.	2009	[39]	PGWBI	Similar to that of normal population in both surgical and medical group at 12 years

VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.